Originally posted by I_Am_Weasel
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Most Intel CPUs are throttled by the motherboard and they underclock, to stay within power and temperature limits. Especially when processing these kinds of instructions over and over again in a synthetic sort of test. Certain instructions will cause the CPU to draw more power for any given clock speed. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanc...s#Downclocking
Intel defines the recommended power limits (TDP, TDP Max) – most motherboard vendors usually stick to this but of course these can be easily overridden by overclocking software either within the OS, or embedded within the BIOS.
So I suspect you possibly have poor cooling (e.g. CPU paste not properly applied, or heatsink not attached properly), or you are unknowingly running non-stock settings for your CPU or the BIOS is buggy.
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